"Hey Hina, why are you ignoring me?" asked Karthik.
"What do you want? Do you want me to complain about you?" asked Hina.
"Just friends dear," said Karthik.
Hina turned and looked at him for some time and said, "will you marry me? My mom is adamant, she wants me to get married and she is looking for proposals, if you don't want to marry me, it's better you stay away from me, because I don't want any negativity around me, I don't want my parents to get humiliated in front of others."
"Hey you are just 18, how can your parents think of your marriage?" asked Karthik.
"It's their wish, my dad is planning to send me away, so either I will leave this place or get married to someone and go away from here, in both ways you are not going to be a part of my life," said Hina.
"Do you mean to say, your dad is against your marriage?" asked Karthik, looking at her confused.
"Yes, my dad always supported me in everything, while my mom has a different opinion, she don't even want me to go to college, if you are ready to marry me, we can run away tomorrow and get married, in that way I will be able to complete my studies," said Hina.
"You want to marry me to complete your studies?" asked Karthik, looking at her in shock.
"Yes, I want to complete my graduation and become a teacher in our school, is that wrong?" asked Hina.
"Hina, I think you need rest, you are talking nonsense, like my first wife, you also want to marry me for your own benefit," said Karthik and Hina looked at him in shock.
"You people just want to use me, how can you people be heartless? How can you not care about my feelings?" asked Karthik.
"I don't understand what you are trying to say," said Hina.
"You don't have to, I am not going to bother you again," said Karthik and ran towards the palace, while Hina stood there looking at him in shock.
"You know Hina is here to talk to the king," said Haider.
"Came to know Abhay is going to Saanjh's kingdom in the evening, what are his plans, he is not discussing anything with me," said Karthik.
"I think he is going to declare everything in the meeting tomorrow," said Haider.
"Who is going to be the king there?" asked Karthik.
"Has something happened between you both?" asked Haider.
"No, actually Abhay sometimes doesn't discuss official things with me," replied Karthik.
"I am asking about Hina," said Haider.
"Oh, about that girl, I thought that it's not a good idea, I have a lot of work to take care of, why bother her," said Karthik.
"I can help you," said Haider.
"Don't you have any other work? Why do you want to waste your time on that girl, who can't fight for herself or who wants to use someone to fulfill her dreams?" asked Karthik and left from there.
"Want to use someone?" thought Haider.
"I am sorry for that day," said Hina.
"It's okay, it's not your fault, I was behind you like a fool, I should apologize," said Karthik.
"I came here to invite the king to my marriage. I am getting married next week," said Hina.
"Congratulations," said Karthik.
"Will you also attend?" asked Hina.
"I am sorry, I have some other work to take care of, I can't waste my time attending one failure's marriage," said Karthik, walking past her and tears welled up in her eyes.
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The Destined King
General FictionAbhay Shergil, a born prince, who doesn't know that his life is going to change one day with or without his wish. The throne is waiting for its future king, but will he leave everything behind and accept the throne or will he be forced to do that? A...